Quote Originally Posted by VeganBikeChick View Post
I agree, Beth. If I wasn't working I'd invite everyone without family over. My best holidays have been those shared with non-family members
Ditto. When my bio family was going through their six year phase of don't-let-the-lesbian-near-the-niece, I discovered a "family of choice" among my friends and spent the holidays with either my honey alone of with a gang of friends. It was a far better time.

Then my folks talked my brother and SIL into letting me back into our family life for their sake... now in order to please my parents (just mom now) I endure holidays sitting around with those bigots. Fun.